Southernmost of two cairns east of Glovershaw quarry

List Entry Summary

This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Name: Southernmost of two cairns east of Glovershaw quarry

List entry Number: 1009725

Location

The monument may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:

District: Bradford

District Type: Metropolitan Authority

Parish: Baildon

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.

Date first scheduled: 29-Dec-1994

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

Legacy System Information

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Legacy System: RSM

UID: 25276

Asset Groupings

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List entry Description

Summary of Monument

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Reasons for Designation

Rombalds Moor is an eastern outlier of the main Pennine range lying between
the valleys of the Wharfe and the Aire. The bulk of this area of 90 sq km of
rough moorland lies over 200m above sea level. The moor is particularly rich
in remains of prehistoric activity. The most numerous relics are the rock
carvings which can be found on many of the boulders and outcrops scattered
across the moor. Burial monuments, stone circles and a range of enclosed
settlements are also known.
Round cairns are prehistoric funerary monuments dating to the Bronze Age
(c.2000-700 BC). They were constructed as stone mounds covering single or
multiple burials. These burials may be placed within the mound in stone lined
compartments called cists. In some cases the cairn was surrounded by a ditch.
They are a relatively common feature of the uplands and are the stone
equivalent of the earthen round barrows of the lowlands. Their considerable
variation in form and longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisation amongst early
prehistoric communities. A substantial proportion of surviving examples are
considered worthy of protection.

Although partially excavated, this cairn will still retain important evidence
of its original form and of the burials placed within it.

History

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Details

The monument includes a subcircular cairn situated on boggy ground east of
Glovershaw quarry. This is the southernmost of two such cairns. In appearance
it has characteristics of a ring cairn; it is a low subcircular bank of earth
and stones.
This bank is a maximum of 0.6m high and 1.5m wide; it encloses an area 9m in
diameter. This present form is largely the result of partial excavation which
has removed the centre of the original round cairn, leaving just the outer
margin of the mound. This cairn was surrounded by a ditch which is now largely
in-filled but remains visible as a shallow depression on the north east side,
0.4m wide and c.0.15m deep.
Although this cairn is known to have been excavated in 1949, it seems, that
the cairn was not excavated below ground level, but was `uncovered'; the turf
and soil being removed down to the `hidden boulders'.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

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